Griddle cleaner



Aug. 19, 1958 w. w. GUINN GRIDDLE CLEANER Filed Oct. 11, 1955 m J nN O mb e m 5 United States Patent GRIDDLE CLEANER Walter W. Guinn, Friona,Tex. Application October 11, 1955, Serial No. 539,776

1 Claim. (Cl. 15-210) This invention relates to new and usefulimprovements in culinary equipment and more particularly to a cleanerfor hot griddles.

An important object of the. invention is to provide a handle composed ofa pair of coacting jaws in which a cleaning cloth is securely held foruse in cleaning a hot griddle without danger of burning the hands andwithout the hands coming into contact with the grease on the griddle orcloth.

Another object of the invention is to provide a cloth holder of novelconstruction and including a pair of pivoted jaws having means forlocking the jaws in gripping engagement with a cleaning cloth or pad.

A still further object is to provide a device of this character ofsimple and practical construction, which is eificient and reliable inoperation, relatively inexpensive to manufacture and otherwise welladapted for the purpose for which the same is intended.

These, together with other objects and advantages which will becomesubsequently apparent reside in the details of construction andoperation as more fully hereinafter described and claimed, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings forming a part hereof, whereinlike numerals refer to like parts throughout, and in which:

Figure 1 is a side elevational view;

Figure 2 is a transverse sectional view taken on a line 2-2 of Figure 1;and

Figure 3 is a bottom plan view of the cloth gripping aws.

Referring now to the drawing in detail wherein for the purpose ofillustration, I have disclosed a preferred embodiment of the invention,the numerals 5 and 6 designate a pair of substantiallyrectangular-shaped jaws of sheet metal or other suitable rigid materialand which are pivotally connected to each other along one longitudinaledge for opening and closing movement by conventional hinge structures7. The free longitudinal edges of the jaw are formed with teeth 8projecting at right angles to the jaw and in opposed relation to eachother to clamp a cleaning cloth or pad 9 therebetween.

Wooden or other suitable handles 10 and 11 are secured to the outersurfaces of the jaws 5 and 6 adjacent the hinged edges of the latter byscrews 12.

Openings 13 and 14 are formed in the respective jaws 5 and 6 adjacentthe free edges of the latter and a balltype chain 15 is anchored orotherwise suitably secured in one of the openings to extend transverselyunder the jaws and outwardly through the other of said openings and withthe free end of the chain adjustably locked or secured in a notch 16 ofa bracket 17 which is suitably secured to the outer surface of theadjacent jaw.

In the operation of the device, the chain 15 is released to permit anopen swinging movement of the jaws 5 and 6 and the cleaning cloth or pad9 is then positioned between the opposing teeth 8 of the jaw and thejaws are then closed with the cloth or pad 9 clamped therebetween, asshown in Figure 2 of the drawing. The chain 15 is then pulled tight andlocked in the bracket 17 to secure the jaws in closed position. Thehandles 10 and 11 are then gripped in the hand of a person and the clothor pad 9 may then be used to clean a hot griddle or other cookingutensil without danger of the hand becom ing burned and without the handcoming into contact with grease on the cloth or griddle.

The foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles ofthe invention. Further, since numerous modifications and changes willreadily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limitthe invention to the exact construction and operation shown anddescribed, and accordingly all suitable modifications and equivalentsmay be resorted to, falling: within the scope of the invention asclaimed.

What is claimed as new is as follows:

A holder for a flexible cleaning element comprising a pair of elongatedopposite jaws having corresponding longitudinal edges pivotallyconnected to each other adjacent their ends for swinging of said jawsintoclamping relation to a cleaning element, and releasable means forlocking said jaws in clamping relation comprising a ball chain extendingcrosswise of said jaws intermediate the ends thereof with one end of thechain anchored to one jaw, and a notched bracket upstanding from theother jaw adjacent one end thereof, said chain extending outwardlythrough an opening in said other jaw and longitudinally of said otherjaw into interlocking engagement with said notched bracket, and wherebysaid chain is interlocked to said other jaw at said opening and withsaid bracket to securely hold the chain in jaw locking position.

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